1 Wisdom has built her house;
she has set up its seven pillars.
2 She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine;
she has also set her table.
3 She has sent out her servants, and she calls
from the highest point of the city,
4 “Let all who are simple come to my house!”
To those who have no sense she says,
5 “Come, eat my food
and drink the wine I have mixed.
6 Leave your simple ways and you will live;
walk in the way of insight.”
13 Folly is an unruly woman;
she is simple and knows nothing.
14 She sits at the door of her house,
on a seat at the highest point of the city,
15 calling out to those who pass by,
who go straight on their way,
16 “Let all who are simple come to my house!”
To those who have no sense she says,
17 “Stolen water is sweet;
food eaten in secret is delicious!”
18 But little do they know that the dead are there,
that her guests are deep in the realm of the dead.
she is simple and knows nothing.
14 She sits at the door of her house,
on a seat at the highest point of the city,
15 calling out to those who pass by,
who go straight on their way,
16 “Let all who are simple come to my house!”
To those who have no sense she says,
17 “Stolen water is sweet;
food eaten in secret is delicious!”
18 But little do they know that the dead are there,
that her guests are deep in the realm of the dead.
When I read this passage the other day it really struck me as true. There is usually always two options in a situation, the option to follow God (wisdom) and the option to follow the world (folly). I love how folly says 'Stolen water is sweet, food eaten in secret is delicious'. That is clearly not true, but this world doesn't care. Satan also doesn't care, like the world and through the world he just wants you to go as far away from God as possible and join in their petty little rebellion.
Don't listen to a word of the lies...
I also love how the woman of wisdom cries 'Leave your simple ways and you will live'.
Jesus said that He came to give us life to the full, the Bible makes it clear that following Him is the way to live and true life comes through Him. I know this to be true from my own experience.
So which house are we entering? Is it the foolish, pointless house of this world...or is it the house of life where Jesus has opened the door for all of us to enter?
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